Marie-France Bru taught mathematics when she was able to, but has now been paralysed by ALS. She uses SwitchXS to access her computer with a single switch and has written extensive web pages describing her ultra-efficient SwitchXS writing method.
Here’s a video showing her typing with a previous version of SwitchXS:
Her aim with the writing method is to get things done with the smallest possible amount of effort – using a single switch it usually takes a user several switch presses to type just one letter, so efficiency is important. The web pages explain not just how her SwitchXS panels are arranged but why, so others can replicate the method while adapting it to their own needs. In fact, I have used ideas sparked by her descriptions for my own KeyStrokes keyboards which I will share at some point.
- Ricky Buchanan
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